George Jennings (''c.''1721 – 9 June 1790)
was a British politician.
He was elected as a
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) for the
borough of Whitchurch in
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...
at a by-election in March 1757.
He was returned for Whitchurch at the
1761 general election
The 1761 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of Great Britain, House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Sco ...
, and held the seat until the
1768 general election.
He was elected as an (MP) for the
borough of St Germans in
Cornwall
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at a by-election in March 1768, and held the seat until the
1774 general election.
At the
1784 general election he was returned as an MP for
Thetford
Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just east of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , in 2015 had a population of 24,340 ...
.
[Stooks Smith, page 228] He held that seat until the
1790 general election.
References
1720s births
1790 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for St Germans
British MPs 1754–1761
British MPs 1761–1768
British MPs 1768–1774
British MPs 1784–1790
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